13:23
Looks like Marquez is out of tyre, is why he's dropped back. He lost the rear entering turn one which cost him the position to Acosta, but he is trying to attack back.
Jorge Martin leads 2026 MotoGP British Grand Prix Sprint. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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Silverstone MotoGP LIVE: Updates from the British GP as Raul Fernandez leads
Live coverage of the race from the 2026 Silverstone MotoGP, with Jorge Martin starting from pole position.
Live updates from the Sunday race at the 2026 Silverstone MotoGP as Jorge Martin looks to double up from pole position this weekend. The race is due to start at 13:00 local time.
Key Moments
- Ogura out on lap nine
- Bezzecchi drops behind Martin, Marquez
- Fernandez leads at the start as Martin drops back
- Race to start at 13:00 local time
Jorge Martin starts from pole position for today's 20-lap British Grand Prix. The Spaniard converted that to victory yesterday, his first Sprint win since Le Mans, where he also won his only grand prix of the season a day later. He urged caution, though, after the race, feeling that the improvements he has found at Silverstone will need to be reconfirmed at future races.
Martin's team-mate, Marco Bezzecchi, struggled physically in the Sprint but finished on the podium in third. He was doubtful afterwards, though, of his potential to repeat that over 20 laps today.
Ai Ogura finished between the two factory Aprilias in second, and behind the Aprilias was Alex Marquez, a unique rider among the Ducati contingent as he suffered relatively little with rear tyre wear in the second half of the Sprint. Marquez said afterwards that he was able to manage the tyre better than the others at the end of the race because he had already experienced the extreme degradation in practice. However, he feels it will be "impossible" to fight with the Aprilias on Sunday.
Reigning champion Marc Marquez was one of the riders who suffered the most with tyre wear, falling from third to ninth in the closing laps as he ran into grip issues he felt he hadn't experienced before.
Marquez's team-mate Francesco Bagnaia didn't fair any better, finishing 17th and saying afterwards he couldn't even get his knee down because of the lack of grip.
There was a similar feeling for Toprak Razgatlioglu, who suggested afterwards that his grip was so poor at the end that there may have been a problem on his bike.
09 Aug 2026
13:22
Alex Marquez had passed Bezzecchi for second, but has ow dropped behind Acosta to fifth, unsure why.
Also, Ogura crashed out at the end of lap 10.
13:19
Martin P2
Martin up to second at turn three on lap nine, passing Bezzecchi on the inside. Looks like Alex Marquez will be able to follow him through fairly soon.
Fernandez has 4.3 seconds over Martin as we near half distance.
13:18
Bagnaia has crashed out at turn seven, the same place he fell in 2025. He was not in the points.
13:18
Martin almost back with Bezzecchi now. Alex Marquez was also faster than the Italian on the last lap, and is 1.5 seconds behind, 0.9s behind Martin.
13:16
Marc Marquez has stuck with Acosta after getting passed, but Ogura is also closing in from behind.
13:16
Crutchlow has crashed out at turn seven.
13:15
Martin had caught Bezzecchi but completely missed turn one on this lap, which cost him half-a-second or so.
13:15
Marc Marquez back to sixth now as Acosta moves through at turn one beginning lap seven.
13:14
Marquez battle
Alex Marquez up to fourth on lap six, passing his brother at Maggotts.
13:13
Bastianini has crashed out at the final chicane, in the right-hander there.
13:13
Bezzecchi vs Martin
He's not quite there yet, but Jorge Martin is closing his team-mate down for second. 0.3s faster than Bezzecchi on lap five, was Martin.
Meanwhile Fernandez is three seconds in the lead.
13:11
Rins retired, by the way, at the end of the first lap after the Mir incident.
13:11
Marc Marquez being caught now by Pedro Acosta and Alex Marquez, although it's the latter leading those two now after a move on lap seven at the final chicane.
13:09
The stewards have had a look at the Mir-Rins incident and decided to take on further action.
13:07
Fernandez speed
Fastest lap of the race for Fernandez on lap three, 0.7s quicker than Bezzecchi, who was 0.4s faster than Martin.
Could that pace come back to bite him later?
13:06
Acosta and Alex Marquez both through on Ogura before the end of lap two.
13:06
Ogura is struggling early on, he's a second or so behind Marc Marquez and has Acosta and Alex Marquez right behind him.
13:05
Martin re-passed Marquez for third before the end of the first lap, but it's still Fernandez leading by over a second ahead of Bezzecchi.
13:04
Mir and Rins have gone down together at turn seven.
Rins has got back on, Mir hasn't.
13:03
Race start
It's lights out at Silverstone and we are underway for the British Grand Prix.
Fernandez leads Bezzecchi and Marquez at the start, Martin dropped back to fourth because his ride height device didn't disengage at turn one.
12:59
Warm-up lap
Warm-up lap is underway at Silverstone ahead of the British Grand Prix.
12:57
Safety car is away from the grid, so just a few minutes to the warm-up lap.
12:49
Tyres & conditions
Perfectly dry weather at Silverstone ahead of the MotoGP race. Currently with 27C air temperature and 44C track temperature, which is a bit higher than in the Sprint.
Currently, everyone is with the hard-compound front and medium-compound rear tyre. Hard front was used by everybody yesterday, and obviously the soft rear proved its fragility in the Sprint.
Marco Bezzecchi did ride with the soft rear in Warm Up this morning but at least for now he's not using it for the race.
12:44
Grid
Here is the starting order for today's British Grand Prix.
| 1 | Jorge Martin | ESP | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia RS-GP |
| 2 | Raul Fernandez | ESP | Trackhouse Racing | Aprilia RS-GP |
| 3 | Ai Ogura | JPN | Trackhouse Racing | Aprilia RS-GP |
| 4 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | ITA | Pertamina Enduro VR46 | Ducati GP26 |
| 5 | Marco Bezzecchi | ITA | Aprilia Racing | Aprilia RS-GP |
| 6 | Marc Marquez | ESP | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati GP26 |
| 7 | Alex Marquez | ESP | Gresini Racing | Ducati GP26 |
| 8 | Franco Morbidelli | ITA | Pertamina Enduro VR46 | Ducati GP25 |
| 9 | Pedro Acosta | ESP | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM RC16 |
| 10 | Iker Lecuona | ESP | Gresini Racing | Ducati GP26 |
| 11 | Jack Miller | AUS | Prima Alpine Pramac Yamaha | Yamaha YZR-M1 |
| 12 | Joan Mir | ESP | Honda HRC Castrol | Honda RC213V |
| 13 | Fabio Quartararo | FRA | Monster Energy Yamaha | Yamaha YZR-M1 |
| 14 | Diogo Moreira | BRA | Pro Honda LCR | Honda RC213V |
| 15 | Luca Marini | ITA | Honda HRC Castrol | Honda RC213V |
| 16 | Francesco Bagnaia | ITA | Ducati Lenovo Team | Ducati GP26 |
| 17 | Alex Rins | ESP | Monster Energy Yamaha | Yamaha YZR-M1 |
| 18 | Brad Binder | RSA | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM RC16 |
| 19 | Enea Bastianini | ITA | Red Bull KTM Tech3 | KTM RC16 |
| 20 | Cal Crutchlow | GBR | LCR Honda Castrol | Honda RC213V |
| 21 | Pol Espargaro | ESP | Red Bull KTM Factory Racing | KTM RC16 |
| 22 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | TUR | Prima Alpine Pramac Yamaha | Yamaha YZR-M1 |
| 23 | Augusto Fernandez | ESP | Yamaha Test Team | Yamaha YZR-M1 |